Newt Gingrich and loyalists tapped for Defense Policy Board as Henry Kissinger is ousted

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON ― The Trump administration continued efforts to replace Pentagon advisers with loyalists as it tapped former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and others Monday to replace ousted members of the Defense Policy Board, an independent outside body.

Weeks after former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright were removed in a sudden purge of longstanding experts, Gingrich and nine others have been named as intended replacements, the Pentagon announced. The administration made similar moves with the Defense Business Board last month.

“These incoming members bring extensive defense and national security affairs experience to this advisory committee from their time in Congress, the State Department, our armed forces and beyond. I’m confident the Department of Defense will benefit greatly from their time and service to the board,” acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller said in a statement Monday to announce the intended appointments.

The board, overseen by the undersecretary of defense for policy, provides top-ranking Pentagon officials with independent, informed advice and opinions on matters of defense policy. Foreign Policy broke news of the changes last month, reporting that Defense Secretary Mark Esper and acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy James Anderson had resisted the moves before they were sacked.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/newt-gingrich-loyalists-tapped-defense-191855794.html

Gingrich is a bloviating asshole just like Donald Trump.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Can't Biden just sack them?

[dutch777]

3. Yeah, my question too! Something to do on 1/21/21 or so....

...a memo to undo all these idiot appointments and all the dumb Exec Orders.

[scarletwoman]

4. I would think so. If one president can appoint them, surely the next president can un-appoint them.

[Andy823]

2. So if trump can oust people

from these boards, and replace them, won't Biden be able to do the same thing and oust trumps morons?

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. NEWT?

[kskiska]

6. Gingrich needs a job.

His wife is due to be ousted as ambassador to the Vatican.

[hedda_foil]

7. Started under Bush2. Richard Perle was the first chairman.

The Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee, also referred to as the Defense Policy Board (DPBAC or DPB), is a federal advisory committee to the United States Department of Defense. Their charter is available online through the office of the Director of Administration and Management of the Department of Defense. The committee type is discretionary.

Richard Perle was the chairman of the committee during the initial years of the George W. Bush administration.

Excerpt of Objectives and Scope of Activities from charter:

1. The Defense Policy Board will serve the public interest by providing the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy with independent, informed advice and opinion concerning major matters of defense policy. It will focus upon long-term, enduring issues central to strategic planning for the Department of Defense and will be responsible for research and analysis of topics, long or short range, addressed to it by the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.

Announcements for upcoming meetings of the DPBAC are published in the Federal Register.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Policy_Board_Advisory_Committee

[atreides1]

8. Get rid of it!

[Midnight Writer]

11. Yes, an advisory board staffed by partisan demagogues has no reason to exist.

[LastDemocratInSC]

9. Secretary of Defense can nod politely at their suggestions

and go about the rest of his day.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Strategic Planning?

With people like Perle, Kissinger, now potentially GinGRINCH?
Those people are incapable of strategic thinking.
Hence, this board is of little to no value.
Eliminate it.

[C_U_L8R]

12. Sounds like a boondoggle board anyway.

Trump's just giving out taxpayer-fund weekends at the Trump Hotel before the grift times out in January.